JERSEY SUSPENDS LAW PRACTICE OF 3

TRENTON, July 27—David J. Friedland, the Assembly minor ity leader, and two other law yers were suspended from the practice of law today by the State Supreme Court, which found them guiltty of unethical conduct in having charges against an alleged loanshark dropped.

Mr. Friedland, a Hudson County Democrat, was charged in 1968 by a state official with being “too comfortable” with members of organized crime groups.

Mr. Friedland and Norman Robbins, the Woodbridge Town ship Prosecutor, drew six‐month suspensions, and Michael Quer ques of Orange, the attorney for the accused loanshark, a three‐month sentence.

$5,000 Payoff

The court said that the three lawyers arranged a $5,000 pay off from the reputed loanshark, John DiGilio, reported to be an “enforcer” for Joseph Zicarelli, the reputed Hudson County crime boss.

The payoff, it was charged, was to Julius Pereira of Iselin, who was then head of the Mid dlesex Young Democratic or ganization and owner of an automatic carwash. In return, Mr. Pereira was to drop crim inal extortion charges against Mr. DeGilio, filed in 1968.

In its unsigned 15‐page opin ion, the court said: “It is im possible to come to any other conclusion but that the pro posed settlement was for the sole purpose of suppressing the criminal complaints.”

A special legislative commit tee censured State Senator Sido L. Ridolfi and John Selecky, an Assemblyman from Mercer County. In 1968, they were ac cused with Mr. Friedland by the assistant state attorney general, William J. Brennan 3d, of being “too comfortable” with organized crime.

The charges against Mr. Friedland were referred to the Middlesex Grand Jury and the State Supreme Court.

Conflict of Interest

Mr. Robbins, representing Mr. Pereira, was accused of conflict of interest by the court for asking the Woodbridge Township magistrate for a dis missal of the extortion charges. The court said Mr. Robbins should have made clear his conflicting roles as prosecutor and attorney for one of the parties in the case.

Mr. Friedland and Mr. Quer ques represented Mr. DiGilio.

According to the court pa pers, Mr. Pereira was paying usury to Mr. DiGilio on a $2,000 loan during 1967 and part of 1968, and still owed the entire principal when he balked at further payments. The court said at this point “two hench men” of Mr. DiGilio's threatened Mr. Pereira and four men later smashed windows in his carwash.

Complaint on Extortion

The court said that after Mr. Pereira filed a complaint charg ing Mr. DiGilio with extortion and threatening to kill him, and after the matter was under investigation by the Middlesex grand jury, arrangements were made to drop the charges.

The papers said that Mr. Friedland, acting for Mr. Di Gilio, paid Mr. Pereira $5,000 to drop the charges.

Mr. Friedland said he felt he had done nothing wrong and would continue to seek re‐elec tion to the Legislature. He said he would petition the court for a rehearing.

“I reasonably can predict that there will be no legislative action” by leaders of the Re publican‐controlled Assembly, he said. “There has been no charge of impropriety in con nection with my legislative du ties,” he added.

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